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The Philokalia (Gk. Ïιλοκαλία, "love of the beautiful") is an anthology of texts that were written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by mostly monastic writers of the Christian hesychast tradition. It was compiled by St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain and St. Makarios of Corinth, two monks of the Greek Orthodox Church, and first published in 1782. The book is a principal spiritual text for all the Eastern Orthodox Churchesâin the last century its popularity has spread to include Western Christians, due to the growing interest in contemplative prayer.
The various texts were chosen because of their shared teachings on the way to self-perfection, illumination, and purification, with a strong emphasis on inward prayer. They were originally written for the guidance and instruction of monks in "the practise of the contemplative life", though the Philokalia has been used widely by lay Christians. The works were individually known in Greek-reading Christian monastic culture before their inclusion in The Philokalia, but the collection resulted in a much wider readership due to its translation into several languages, including a seven-volume translation into Russian (Dobrotolyubie) by St. Theophan the Recluse in the nineteenth-century.
The full name of the text is The Philokalia of the Neptic Saints gathered from our Holy Theophoric Father, through which, by means of the philosophy of ascetic practice and contemplation, the intellect is purified, illumined, and made perfect. That title distinguishes it from many other books of monastic spirituality that are also titled Philokalia (or Philocalia), and also gives emphasis to the Greek nepsis, or "watchfulness". The other notable book titled Philokalia is an anthology of the writings of the third-century theologian Origen.
The various texts were chosen because of their shared teachings on the way to self-perfection, illumination, and purification, with a strong emphasis on inward prayer. They were originally written for the guidance and instruction of monks in "the practise of the contemplative life", though the Philokalia has been used widely by lay Christians. The works were individually known in Greek-reading Christian monastic culture before their inclusion in The Philokalia, but the collection resulted in a much wider readership due to its translation into several languages, including a seven-volume translation into Russian (Dobrotolyubie) by St. Theophan the Recluse in the nineteenth-century.
The full name of the text is The Philokalia of the Neptic Saints gathered from our Holy Theophoric Father, through which, by means of the philosophy of ascetic practice and contemplation, the intellect is purified, illumined, and made perfect. That title distinguishes it from many other books of monastic spirituality that are also titled Philokalia (or Philocalia), and also gives emphasis to the Greek nepsis, or "watchfulness". The other notable book titled Philokalia is an anthology of the writings of the third-century theologian Origen.
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February 8, 2020
Subject: A 21st Century monk of YHVH
Subject: A 21st Century monk of YHVH
When deciding to be fully daily committed to my Master and Lord, Messiah Yeshua, the practise of the contemplative life was already a major part of a healthy earthly lifestyle. Wanting to delve deeper; to learn what others in earlier Century's were doing & thinking is what led to this work, and what a find: This is meat! This is linked this to/at my/our web sites (google: monk of YHVH). So the decision was made to contribute and upload contemplative works pinned by a living monk, but written in the context of modernity.
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June 23, 2015
Subject: Missing some text?
Subject: Missing some text?
Is it just me or is the text on St John of Damaskos
- On the Virtues and the Vices missing a large section?
- On the Virtues and the Vices missing a large section?
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Subject: Christian TORRENTS & LINKS YOU MUST SEE!!!
Subject: Christian TORRENTS & LINKS YOU MUST SEE!!!
Christian TORRENTS & LINKS YOU MUST SEE!!!
see at the links below (update often).
Saint John The Russian-full documentary (English subtitles).
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-939281
/>A Saint of our days-Elder Iakovos Tsalikis.(English subtitles).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv2dTMHVs2k
/>http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-864668
/>Elder Paisios - An Orthodox Saint of our times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlRfuibLwAM
/>http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-865254
/>Christian videos& books
http://kat.ph/christian-videos-books-t7113370.html
/>and
http://sumedang.org/anime-torrents/Christian-videos-books_455298701.html
/>INCREDIBLE Miracles of God!
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/8109139/INCREDIBLE_Miracles_of_God_.avi
/>http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-940018
/>various
http://thepiratebay.se/user/aekarajonny/
/>The Island-(Ostrov).English Subtitles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms4TXwIDutM
/>Pentecostals-Protestants Truth or sect?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lWr-K3Aixs
/>http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-786432
/>Protestantism in search of Orthodoxy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aakmHKwNYWA
/>BBC Panorama - Jehovah's Witnesses documentary 'Suffer the Little Children'(Greek Subtitles).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHLv6yO6h-Y
/>Jehovah's Witnesses Pedophilia (Greek Subtitles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LVVszc8DuE
/>http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-864671
/>ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΙΕΧΩΒΑ ΚΑΙ ΨΕΥΔΟΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΙΕΣ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttIahrfCnoQ
/>ΘΑΥΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΓΙΩΝ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75KtEil44Ps
/>ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΟΣ Η ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΣ;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3ekxdHi7hI
/>ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΙΕΧΩΒΑ-IΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΡΕΣΗΣ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uppubwf-chw
/>Πεντηκοστιανοί Προτεστάντες αίρεση και πλάνη!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZoSwFGc_o
/>ΕΡΩΤΗΣΕΙΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΥΣ ''ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΙΕΧΩΒΑ''.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggYkv6gwpXo
/>Πλανες των Μαρτυρων του Ιεχωβα!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT9i-mwAkEM
/>Πλανες των Μαρτυρων του Ιεχωβα! NO2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM8c_cdguRI
/>seed,share,enjoy!
may God bless you all!
see at the links below (update often).
Saint John The Russian-full documentary (English subtitles).
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-939281
/>A Saint of our days-Elder Iakovos Tsalikis.(English subtitles).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv2dTMHVs2k
/>http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-864668
/>Elder Paisios - An Orthodox Saint of our times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlRfuibLwAM
/>http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-865254
/>Christian videos& books
http://kat.ph/christian-videos-books-t7113370.html
/>and
http://sumedang.org/anime-torrents/Christian-videos-books_455298701.html
/>INCREDIBLE Miracles of God!
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/8109139/INCREDIBLE_Miracles_of_God_.avi
/>http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-940018
/>various
http://thepiratebay.se/user/aekarajonny/
/>The Island-(Ostrov).English Subtitles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms4TXwIDutM
/>Pentecostals-Protestants Truth or sect?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lWr-K3Aixs
/>http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-786432
/>Protestantism in search of Orthodoxy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aakmHKwNYWA
/>BBC Panorama - Jehovah's Witnesses documentary 'Suffer the Little Children'(Greek Subtitles).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHLv6yO6h-Y
/>Jehovah's Witnesses Pedophilia (Greek Subtitles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LVVszc8DuE
/>http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-864671
/>ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΙΕΧΩΒΑ ΚΑΙ ΨΕΥΔΟΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΙΕΣ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttIahrfCnoQ
/>ΘΑΥΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΓΙΩΝ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75KtEil44Ps
/>ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΟΣ Η ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΣ;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3ekxdHi7hI
/>ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΙΕΧΩΒΑ-IΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΡΕΣΗΣ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uppubwf-chw
/>Πεντηκοστιανοί Προτεστάντες αίρεση και πλάνη!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZoSwFGc_o
/>ΕΡΩΤΗΣΕΙΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΥΣ ''ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΙΕΧΩΒΑ''.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggYkv6gwpXo
/>Πλανες των Μαρτυρων του Ιεχωβα!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT9i-mwAkEM
/>Πλανες των Μαρτυρων του Ιεχωβα! NO2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM8c_cdguRI
/>seed,share,enjoy!
may God bless you all!
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